Alex Kapranos Quotes

Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.
Alex Kapranos

Word, Wacky, Venom

It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.
Alex Kapranos

Food, Lazy, Away

Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially. But I'm not always comfortable with the idea of small talk at a party.
Alex Kapranos

Small, Talk, Off

No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
Alex Kapranos

Trying, Matter, Create

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.
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Between, Difference

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.
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Through, Playing, Enthusiasm

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.
Alex Kapranos

Food, Different, Write

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.
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Person, Trying, Impossible

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
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Good, Pretty, Ambition

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!
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Band, Toast, Beans

Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.
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Student, Shop, Discovered

Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
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Done, Before, Sick

Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it.
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Life, Music, Good

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way.
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Good, Alone, Quite

I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
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Music, Time, Put

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.'
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Music, Made, Somebody

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.
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Off, Tour, Bands

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.
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Music, False, Modesty

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.
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Music, Dance, Blood

I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.
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Rather, Eat, Bloody

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.
Alex Kapranos

Food, Write, Authority

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
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Musicians, Line, Died

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.
Alex Kapranos

Someone, Meet, Fan

If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.
Alex Kapranos

Success, Mad, Either

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.
Alex Kapranos

Matter, Identity, Contain

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Born: March 20, 1972

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